The Stonechat family of Trendlebere Down #4
It’s a glorious day on Dartmoor.
![Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4517-725x483.jpg)
My favourite little characters are busy feeding and avoiding death by predator:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4059-725x483.jpg)
This family of Stonechats are very endearing:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4062-725x483.jpg)
The males have distinctive orange breasts, a white collar and a lovely black head:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4510.jpg)
They are very tricky to photograph. Either the white collar is completely ‘blown-out’ or the black is as black as black can be:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4338-725x483.jpg)
Sitting in this Gorse bush is worth every moment.
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4318-725x483.jpg)
This male has a small tick underneath his eye. It’s making me itch at the thought. I glance down at the bush I’m in and wonder if something’s biting me.
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-14-725x483.jpg)
Luckily, it isn’t.
More Stonechats
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![Stonechat - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Stonechat-The-Hall-of-Einar-7-150x100.jpg)
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